At the present time, amongst many other Rhodes Scholars in or seeking elective office around the world:

CRAIG SCOTT (Maritimes & St John's 1984) is the NDP candidate for the by-election on 19 March in the Toronto-Danforth riding for the Canadian House of Commons. [Postscript - 20 March: Professor Scott has won the Toronto-Danforth by-election, and enters the House of Commons. Read more here.]

KINGWA KAMENCU (Kenya & Wolfson 2009) is running for President of Kenya.

TONY ABBOTT (New South Wales & Queen's 1981) is Leader of the Opposition in Australia, and BOB RAE (Ontario & Balliol 1969) is Leader of the Liberal Party in Canada.

Recent recognition of the contributions of Rhodes Scholars in elective office includes, for example, the award to Gina Raimondo (Rhode Island & New College 1993), General Treasurer of Rhode Island, of the Urban Innovator Award from the Manhattan Institute's Center for State and Local Leadership.

For a full list of Rhodes Scholars currently in elective public office around the world, click here. If you know of other Rhodes Scholars in or seeking elective public office, please let us know by emailing development@rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk

For an account of Rhodes Scholars in elective public office in June 2011, click here.